The twentieth century has been a brutal century. It is the only century which has had the dubious honour of exterminating the lives of hundreds of millions of human beings because of ideology. Much of the blame for this brutality…

At the close of their 2008 Plenary Assembly which met in Cornwall, 22-26 September, the Bishops of Canada issued a pastoral letter, titled “Liberating Potential”, which invites all the faithful “to discover or rediscover,” the message of the Encyclical Humanae…

Many years ago, I had the opportunity to witness directly to two women who were about to undergo abortions. Both occasions were at my place of employment and occurred within months of each other.

The first time I heard that one…

December 28, 2007

FEAST OF THE HOLY INNOCENTS

Archbishop Luigi Ventura,
Apostolic Nuncio to Canada
724 Manor Avenue
Ottawa, ON KIM OE3

Your Grace,

For the past five years, I have been involved as a Catholic activist in the Ottawa area. In this time, I have represented…

Modern Catholic apologetics is often associated with historical questions or scriptural exegesis. Theological questions such as justification, the role of the Bible in the Christian Church, and the nature of Church authority, for instance, remain very common and popular topics…

Spending Power to Spare

Even real estate is not immune. “When real estate companies realized that the gay consumer had disposable income, that was when things started to change,” said Adam Thompson, managing broker at Rainbow Realty Corporation in Elmhurst, Illinois,…

Not Just Crying “Wolf!”

There are also atheistic governments which oppress and persecute the Catholic Church for her teachings on sexual morality. In the past, these governments were primarily communist or fascist in ideology. Today, sadly, most western governments purporting to…

Inviting All, Stumbling None

Third, the Declaration's opponents say that the Church is implicitly approving other religious professions by allowing their followers the civil right to publicly profess their faith. Yet, the fallacy in this reasoning rests in a fundamental misunderstanding of…

The Holy Father often speaks about the contemporary battle between the culture of life and the culture of death. Nowhere is this cultural battle more pronounced than with regard to the institution of marriage.

Weapon of Choice for the Culture of…

Politics and money — inarguably the two most powerful and worldly instruments to get things done. For most faithful Catholics, our focus has been on ensuring our vote is consistent with our Faith. In the decades following Roe v. Wade,…